What Is Happiness? | Shane Gronholz

Nathan Cofnas, the academic who recently drew widespread attention for exposing plagiarism allegations against Cambridge professor Jason Arday, returns to Brain in a Vat to discuss academic freedom, institutional conformity, and his own controversial departure from Cambridge.Cofn ... Show More

Former Brain in a Vat producer Jimmy Mullen returns to discuss free speech in schools, exploring how educational institutions should balance student expression with their responsibility to maintain an environment conducive to learning.Drawing on constitutional law and landmark ca ... Show More

Colin McGinn joins to discuss sexual ethics on campus. Drawing on thought experiments and his own experiences in academia, McGinn argues that universities too often conflate harassment with consensual relationships while overstating the role of power imbalances. He explains why h ... Show More

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How Could You Be Happy in this Life? 

<p>What does happiness mean to you?</p> 

We all want to be happy, right?!  What brings us happiness?What can we do to be happy?Do we have control over our own happiness? How do we balance life, work, family to feel happy? We explore How to be Happy With Ravi Patel discussing his show Pursuit of Happiness. Learn more abo ... Show More

Are you truly happy with where your life is headed? Or have you been so caught up in the daily grind that you haven’t even stopped to ask yourself?In this episode, I’m diving into a question that came up at our recent Go Inside event—Are you happy? Sounds simple, right? But this ... Show More

<p>Are we complicating happiness? Is our key to happiness right in front of us? In today's episode, Lana reflects back on a time when she felt genuinely happy and excited about life, and she tries to unfold why she might've felt that way.&nbsp;</p> 

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<p>Many of us go to great lengths to be happy. But is our singular focus on feeling good actually making us miserable? This week, psychologist <a href="https://www.esade.edu/faculty/jordi.quoidbach">Jordi Quoidbach</a> explores what happens when we try to live in an emotional mon ... Show More

What if the quest to be perpetually happy was actually making us miserable? Who doesn’t want to be happy? Who doesn’t want to laugh all day? It’s a wonderful state, deserving of a powerful seat at the good life table. Happiness has become a hot subject of study over the last two ... Show More